A mentally challenged widow has been cheated in the name of exchanging land in Kaliganj upazila of the district. Hailing from Shialkhowa Bazar area, Baulo Bala, 48, wife of late Gouranga Chandra, is now crying for justice.

Solimabad and Doptior unions under Nagarpur upazila of Tangail are gradually shrinking every year due to erosion by the Jamuna river.

People of several villages in Sadar upazila yesterday urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to save their dwellings and croplands from severe waterlogging for years.

Police recovered the decomposed body of a woman from inside a tea garden under Rahimpur union in Kamalganj upazila on Friday night.

Production of wheat and maize seeds at Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute (BWMRI) in Dinajpur is likely to fall drastically this year.

Salma Begum, the mother of Rayhan Ahmed who died after being tortured in police custody, today demanded the arrest those involved in helping prime suspect sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan flee and those who destroyed evidence.

Expressing deep concern and condemnation over the arson attacks on passenger buses in Dhaka, Workers Party has said that such subversive activities seem to be an old strategy aimed at paving the way for the rise of undemocratic power in the country.

A UN convoy has rescued 104 Bangladeshi expatriates in Ethiopia with the help of Bangladesh’s foreign ministry and the Bangladesh embassy in Addis Ababa.

Hathazari Madrasa was attacked by Jamaat-Shibir men on September 16, which led to the death of former Hefajat chief Shah Ahmad Shafi, his brother-in-law Md Moin Uddin claimed today.

“Fourteen more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll from the pandemic to 6,173,” a DGHS press release said.

A written complaint was lodged in Lalmonirhat against Aditmari Upazila Parishad chairman for “verbally abusing upazila administration officials and abusing power”.

The fourth edition of Joy Bangla Youth Award, organised by Young Bangla -- one of the largest youth platforms of the country -- is set for November 17.

Miscreants attempted to kill a Rakhine man near his fish enclosure in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar last night.

The local administration has suspended the operation of one private clinic, three private hospitals and three diagnostics centres for irregularities.

An accused of a rape case was found dead in the washroom of Barishal Central Jail early today.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested last night in a case filed over attempting to rape a five-year-old girl in Harirampur of Manikganj district.

A suspected Yaba trader was killed in a “gunfight” with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Sluice Gate area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today.

Indian police handed over 30 Bangladeshi teenagers to Bangladesh after three years of imprisonment in India yesterday evening.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has tested positive for Covid-19.

Three members of a family have been electrocuted while they were fishing in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazila.